Anjem Choudary talks to the media outside London Central Mosque as he hosts a rally to encourage Muslims to refrain from voting in the elections in April, 2015 in London | Barcroft Media via Getty Images

UK court convicts Anjem Choudary for supporting ISIL

Radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary was found guilty by jurors in July of supporting the Islamic State terrorist group, U.K. media reported Tuesday.

Choudary pledged allegiance to ISIL and posted videos on Youtube, urging others to support the organization, jurors in the Old Baley court in London heard.

Choudary and co-defendant Mohammed Rahman told supporters to listen to ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and encouraged them to travel to Syria and join what they called the “caliphate,” the court heard.

The pair were convicted in July though the decision of the court could only be made public Tuesday. They face up to 10 years in jail and will be sentenced in September.

The cleric had evaded capture for several years despite alleged links to some of Britain’s most notorious terrorists, including Michael Adebolajo, who murdered 25-year-old soldier Lee Rigby in 2013.

“The prosecution case is that whichever name is used, the evidence is quite clear: when these defendants were inviting support for an Islamic state or caliphate they were referring to the one declared in Syria and its environs by Ibrahim al-Baghdadi at the end of June 2014,” prosecutor Richard Whittam said, according to the Guardian.

Choudary denied he was supporting the terrorist group, saying he was a “lecturer in sharia law” giving “the Islamic perspective.”

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schneewichen

Glad to see this P.O.S going to jail. I have watched him in interviews on TV and he is all for Sharia law around the world. He is anti-freedom, anti-woman and anti-Christian to boot.

Posted on 8/16/16 | 7:06 PM CET

CSK

Anjem Choudary has been peddling the same trash and veneer-thin excuses for over 20 years now. He’s been hiding behind the protection of the ECHR citing Islamaphobia and freedom of speeech whenever he was challenged.
Time to join his mate, Abu Qatada; he thought that he was invincible as well. What goes around comes around!

Posted on 8/16/16 | 11:33 PM CET

Frankie

It took 10 years to get Anjem Choudary in court for hate speech against the UK, FierEuropeen. Keep your head down fella 😉